ALCAR and ALA is awesome for it's mental functions, IMO...
Started my Grandma taking it, as she was beginning to display signs of dementia, and while supplementing with it, she showed vast improvement. Just can't get the stubborn old lady to take it consistently...

But for you man, Dsade's got it about right. You can take higher doses of the ALA for supposed glucose support, but I never found it to make any difference. Also, high doses of ALA do cause allergic reactions in some people, so just take care.

A new technique to elevate night time growth hormone release and a potential growth hormone feedback control loop .

Medical Hypotheses , Volume 56 , Issue 5 , Pages 610 - 613

T . Parr

Abstract

A new technique for controllable elevation of night time growth hormone (GH) release in adult humans involves a synergy between oral intake of the naturally occurring compounds acetyl-L-carnitine (500 mg) and L-ornithine (25–100 mg) taken at night time sleep after a 3 to 4 hour fast. The set point for normal hypothalamic GH release appears to include a ‘whole body’ mitochondrial State 3 status ‘feed back loop’ controlled by systemic acetyl- L-carnitine levels.

Sounds interesting, however ALCAR can exacerbate insomnia for those prone to mental overstimulation (such as myself).

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